Shimmering Souls
Always wondered what the afterlife was like? Welp, you're dead and you still don't know. A bug in the system, you're now working with purgatory guard Az to... harvest souls? Or save them?? I don't know, man. This is confusing.
In this short but heavy visual novel, meet our numerous named and unnamed characters ready to step into death's embrace. Laugh and dance your heart away. Be sickeningly cruel. Cosplay a wolf. Have fun; you never know when you must part ways with this beautiful world.
Made for Global Game Jam 2025 (theme: bubble) :)
TRIGGER WARNINGS: suicide, sexual assault, child sexual assault, chronic illness, death, violent language (cursing), mentions of transphobia
| Credits | Role |
| cinnamew | Director, Writer, Programmer, Game Designer, Artist |
| jonathan WAHOO | Co-Director, Lead Programmer, Game Designer |
| Sophia Higgins | Sound Design, Game Designer |
| Kshitij Parashar | Game Designer |
| Xi Da | Background Artist |
| Impostor | Character Artist |
Inspiration: Mouthwashing, The Wishing Star, Those Who Tried To Touch The Sky
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aaaaa it was so sweet working on this with yall<3
low-key felt like it was better to choose not to save anyone until the end ;-; ;-; ;-;
anyway pretty and thought provoking game, just heavy
(also az looks a bit like you???)
HELEPPPPP she does???? i'm dead... she has 3 eyes...... (also yeah usually saving ppl is worse than not saving)
I love playing short psychological horror games!
it's not psychological horror...
Sorry wrong interpretation. I'll play it soon
the way I screamed "NONONOININONONONONOONONOONONONOONONOONONONCONONONONZONONONONNONOOCNONONONONNOOONNOOOOOO" when I ran out of life force at the end-
HAHA i meann saving her isn't necessarily better
yet another cinnamew masterpiece
!!! THANK YOU